Community Programs
Environment and Energy Series

The Environment and Energy Series is designed to engage the Puget Sound community with open discussions on global trends related to the environment, climate change, and energy consumption and development. Past programs have focused on issues related to peak oil, clean energy, the global energy trade, environmental sustainability and economics, renewable energy, and conservation. This World Affairs Council series examines these topics by featuring prominent experts, academics, advocates, business and community leaders who also take into account issues of globalization, social justice, global poverty, and international security.

Red Caveny, President and CEO American Petroleum Institute
February 2007

Past programs include:

• Dan McFaden, Deputy Minister of Alberta Energy, speeaking on The Present: Alberta's Energy Policy and the U.S., 2007
• Nancy Floyd, Founder and Managing Director, Nth Power speaking on “Global Trends in Clean Energy,” 2007
• Red Cavaney, President and CEO, American Petroleum Institute speaking on “Securing America’s Energy Future,” 2007
• Christopher Flavin, President, Worldwatch Institute speaking on “Breaking the Addiction to Oil,” 2006
• Panel on Energy including: Christopher Flavin, President, Worldwatch Institute; Bill Kidd, Director of External Affairs, BP; Jeff Morris, Director, Northwest Energy Technology Collaborative; Kirk Thomson, Director of Environmental Affairs, The Boeing Company, speaking on “The End of Oil? The Beginning of…,” 2006
• Carter Roberts, President and CEO, World Wildlife Fund, speaking “Environmental Sustainability and Security,” 2006
• Lester R. Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute speaking on “Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble,” 2006,
• Matt Simmons, founder and chairman of Simmons & Co. International, and Herman Franssen, President of International Energy Associates, Inc., speaking on “Global Oil Depletion and its Implications for the Pacific Northwest,” 2005